Brenda and Jake Flint (Credit: Jake Flint/Instagram)
(CNN) --
Jake Flint, a musician from Oklahoma, died unexpectedly this weekend hours after they were married, his publicist Clif Doyal told CNN.
He was 37 years old.
“Jake Flint was a true ambassador for the Oklahoma and Texas Red Dirt music scene,” Doyal said.
“He was not only a prolific songwriter, recording artist, and in-demand live performer, but he was also a tireless supporter of other talent throughout the region, always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone who needed it. will need.
With his contagious smile and captivating sense of humor, he was loved by many and I believe that, along with his music, his legacy will be a lasting one.”
Doyal said that Flint died in his sleep.
The cause of his death is unknown.
Brenda and Jake Flint (Credit: Jake Flint/Instagram)
CNN has reached out to the medical examiner's office for more information.
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Flint's wife, Brenda Flint, posted a video of their wedding day on Facebook, showing the two dancing and laughing as they posed for pictures, with a simple caption: "I don't understand."
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“We should be looking at the wedding photos, but instead I have to choose clothes to bury my husband in,” she said in another post.
“People are not meant to feel that much pain.
My heart is gone and I really need him back.
I can't take much more.
I need it here."
Flint's former manager, Brenda Cline, wrote on Facebook that she "loved him as much as a son" and described him as "the funniest, funniest, hardest-working, most dedicated artist I've ever worked with in my career."
Red Dirt music is "a mix of country, bluegrass, rock and honky tonk" that originated near Stillwater, Oklahoma, according to a state tourism site.
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